In New York State, NYFC has been advocating for the expanded use of working farm easements that not only protect the land, but also the farmer, by keeping land affordable and in farmer ownership. We recently had two significant successes
At long last, the House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway (R-TX) introduced his draft of the 2018 Farm Bill on Thursday. And we’ve got work to do. The bill maintains important provisions for beginning farmers, such as the Beginning Farmer
Farm bill delayed Last week, negotiations came to a screeching halt as farm bill politics reached a boiling point. Despite House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway’s self-imposed deadline for farm bill action this month, it appears that Members of Congress